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Museum Visitor Trips and Damages Ancient Chinese Bronze
The owl sculpture has been removed from an exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and will be repaired.
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To Draw Museum Visitors, Vienna Turns to AI (and Cats)
The city has launched a new cat-paign — ehm, campaign — that puts a feline spin on famous Austrian artworks.
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Rare Klimt Landscape Heads to Auction in New York
The artist’s plein-air painting of Austria's Lake Attersee could fetch up to $45M.
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How Turkey’s President Is Weaponizing Culture
Known for persecuting artists and cultural figures, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government is being accused of “artwashing” ahead of critical elections.
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Deadly Fighting in Sudan Threatens Cultural Heritage
Museums are "caught in the crossfire" of the ongoing conflict, says a report by the International Council of Museums.
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Artists Say the Queens Museum Has Failed Them
A group of cultural workers exposed some artists’ disillusionment with the museum’s residency program and one participant’s alleged experience of harassment.
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Art-Filled Ways to Spend Mother’s Day in NYC
Celebrate your mama or maternal figure with painting workshops, a museum scavenger hunt, drag brunches, and flowers, lots of flowers!
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Alfredo Arreguín, Painter of Myth and Memory, Dies at 88
The Mexican-American artist sampled from the jungles of his childhood and the lush landscapes of his adult life to create dreamlike canvases.
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Amnesty International Slammed Over AI Protest Images
The organization apologized for publishing AI-generated photographs of Colombia’s 2021 protests.
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Historian May Have Identified the Bridge in the “Mona Lisa”
Silvano Vinceti’s research asserts that the four-arched bridge in the portrait is the Ponte Romito in the province of Arezzo, Italy.
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Former OpenSea Staffer Convicted of Fraud
Federal prosecutors say the conviction marks the first insider trading case involving NFTs.
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Understanding France's New Restitution Guidelines
Notably, the highly anticipated report released by President Macron outlines criteria for the repatriation of human remains.